Improvement in gates



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CYRUS WpSA'LADE-E, GF ST. CATHARINES, CANADA.

Letters Patent No. 111,780, dated February 14, 1871.

IMPRVEMENT IN GATES.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

Catharines, in the county of Lincoln, and in the lrovince ot' Ontario, Canada, have invented a new au'd improved Mode of Constructing Farm and Yard- Gates; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, andexact description thereof, references being had to the accompanying drawing and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

The nature of my invention consists in constructing a farm and yard-gate with self-locking latch, yoke-bar holders, brace-lock, self-supporting hinges, lockingstud, crab-bolt, guide-brace,l making, with the bars and other parts hereinafter more fully described, a flexible gate suitable to the purposes as set forth be- To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will now proceed to describe its construction and operation.

lIn the drawing- Figure 1 represents my gate when completed and set in position to perform its intended use, when locked for ordinary, use

Figure 2 is a view ot' the same iiom the opposite side, showing the gate unlocked and partially raised Figure 3 is a detail view showing more clearly the yoke-bar holders and the self-locking latch; and

Figure ft is a detail view of the self-supporting hinge, showing more clearly its manner of construction and application.

c a a a a are the horizontal bars of a iiexible gate;

b b l), the cross-ties or braces of the same;

g, the parallel arms used in elevating the gate on its intermediate post p and l and on are the permanent posts.

, A is my portable post, constructed ot' hard wood, of: suitable height, and about sinA inches wide and two iuohesthick. This post A is to be secured to the permanent post when used by heavy spikes, bolts, or suitable means.

In manufacturing this gate the portable post A will be sold with the gate, so that there will be no 'necessity of digging a new post-hole, and the gate can be hung in a few minutes, post A being a part of the gate.

B are the self-supporting hinges, of the general forni shown in tig. 4, and secured by screws, as therein shown.

The gat-e lias on thetop and bottom of its ntermediate post p caps, c, which are provided with recesses to receive the corresponding projections o of the hinges B.

The weight of the gate is, by the reason of the peculiar construction of the hinge, diverted from a downward to a side pressure against the post A, aud thus in a great measure preventing sagging oi the gate by preventing sagging ofthe hinge.

To the further prevention of the gates sagging, I have provided au adjustable braceflock, g, shown in fig. 2. 'Il-ie ,form'is there shown, and the slot through which the screws that hold the brace-lock toits place ou the center cross-bar of the gate pass, and the bracelock has its sides to lap over onto the edges of the cross-bar so as to be firmly secure and also present a purchase for the'end of the brace f, having its pivot on crab-bolt L'.

The brace f has a guide, e, by means of which it is held iu line, yet allowing perpendicular play.

rlhis brace-lock q being adjustable, if there should happen to be any sagging or letting down ofthe gate the brace-lock could be readily lowered and secured to remedy the defect.

lhe self-locking latch t is cast in the general form of a T, as shown in fig. 3, and is made with `the perpendicular part ot' the T sufficiently heavy to cause it to assume the erect position of that letter when secured by screw or nail at the point where the upper cross-piece unites with the lower part.

The end of the perpendicular part of the latch 'L is made broad, (see fig. 3,) so as to cover and hold bars a in the yoke-bar holders h, shown in tig. 1.

The ends x of the cross-piece of the latch 'are pressed npon,'and thereby unlock the gate when desired.

`The`yokebar holders h are cast of the general form shown in tig. 3, and secured by screws, as shown in said iig, 3. Two ot' these yokes are used, as'delincated in the drawing, and for the purpose of support ing and, with the latch ai, for holding the front end of the gate.

Means for holding the gate more closely to the intermediate post p are provided in the hook r, which is fast ou the gate and the studs cl and d', the stud d being used with the hook when the gate is used as in fig. 1, and stud d is used when the gate is raised bodily on the intermediate post.

Having thus fully described my invention,

\Vhat I desire to secure by Letters Patent, as my invention, is in the following claims:

1. The adjustable brace-block g, constructed and operating in the manner and for the purposes set forth.

2. The combination of the"posts p and b, the hook r, and studs d d', constructed as described, and operating as and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony that I claim the above-described improvements in farm and yard-gates, 'I have hereunto signed my name this 23d day of September', 1870.

GYRUS W. SALADEE.

Witnesses:

V. C. GnAY'rox, EDM. F. BROWN. 

